Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c10.s3.t2.16

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R.C. Agrawala (1980) believes that the copper hoard from Kurada, located 20 km from Parbatsar in the Nagaur district also originated from the Ganeshwar locality. Of the 103 copper objects acquired in 1935, there were 55 rings, 21 curved thin blade or choppers (similar to those found in the Pre-Harappan levels of Mitathal and Kalibangan) 11 chisels, 4 ordinary bowls, 7 celts and 5 channel-spouted bowls. The cults had round dentation marks as in the Ganeshwar samples. The channel-spouted copper bowls resemble the later day Navdatoli objects and the Western Asian ceramic bowls. Probably these objects used to be sent through the land trade routes to Kot Diji, Mohenjo-Daro etc. On the same route fine-grained yellow Jaisalmer stone was also sent for the Harappan towns. (Marshall 1931: 31)